The most depressing infuriating enraging aspect of the religionist is not the vapid tawdry nature of his purported but largely not effected beliefs. It is rather that he has spurned the efforts of better folks than himself who strove and took great risks to create a world in which this supernatural nonsense need no more terrorize and enslave him. The religionist is ungrateful. That is unforgivable. Men and women throughout the ages thought about things and demonstrated the falsity of religious pronouncements. We were freed from its clutches both mentally and in time physically. We were free! The progression from ancient insights, the renaissance, the reformation and the enlightenment chart major steps on this escape and sensible persons have grasped and exploited the possibilities. But not the religionist. He affects to spurn this enterprise and clings or purports to cling to his discredited dogma yet revels in the benefits the overthrow of religion brought him.
